Board Tales with Ben Webb featuring Creed McTaggart

Tweed Heads surfer/shaper Ben Webb has made a name for himself crafting iconic alternate surfboards for the past 13 years. Webby honed his skills watching his dad, Greg Webb the founder of Shaping Co, shape countless board’s for the coast’s best surfers. Today, he is well-known for shaping his own iconic surfboards.
When Webby isn’t in the shaping bay, you’ll find him testing his designs along the Northern NSW/Gold Coast stretch of coastline. Pits, carves, airs and everything in-between, Webby has a model to suit.
Webby recently invited Creed McTaggart to the bay for a first-hand experience, shaping him one of his well know ‘Vault’ models. The two later took the 6’2 with purple rails for a surf. “The board felt good. Nice long rails, for drawn out turns with a pulled in tail with glass in fins. It felt like I was never going to slide out. It makes it all that much more special being a hand shape and not a machine pop out” - Creed McTaggart
Head to www.benwebbsurfboards.com to check out his latest crafts.
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[@bobweylandutube]

Great to see a shaper who rips.

[@SterlingSigurdsen]

I was thinking the same thing. You don’t see many who can shape and surf good

[@huytran3174]

Whoa i actually love his philosophy in shaping. I still love watching old footage of guys like Margo in 90s to early 00’s on longer, more narrow boards. Just more drawn out lines and different style of surfing. Really happy to see this guy staying with this design. With shapers like this I bet this style could make a huge comeback alongside today’s more modern quick pivot compact boards for more variety of shortboard surfing in the lineup.

[@rafaelshepparfguldenzoph2510]

Riping hard , super good , nice shaping , soo entreteined, make me want go surfing

[@gordonquigg9389]

In 5 seconds I see two australian logos that are the same as two major USA surfboard brand logos. First, at 30:00, the Pope/morey bisect logo, then at 33:00, the plastic fantastic logo. Both USA logos done in the mid to late sixties , and still used today.

[@pkretch1146]

Ripping🇦🇺

[@mozdickson]

Old bloke here says yep, fair dinkum.